Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Translator's preface

pp xiii-xiv

Part I - Introduction: confrontation of analytical philosophy with traditional conceptions of philosophy

pp 1-2

1 - A question of method

pp 3-11

2 - A philosopher in search of a conception of philosophy

pp 12-20

3 - Ontology and semantics

pp 21-35

4 - Has formal semantics a fundamental question?

pp 36-50

5 - Consciousness and speech

pp 51-67

6 - The argument with the philosophy of consciousness continued

pp 68-80

7 - A practical conception of philosophy

pp 81-96

Part II - A first step: analysis of the predicative sentence

pp 97-98

8 - Preliminary reflections on method and preview of the course of the investigation

pp 99-112

9 - Husserl's theory of meaning

pp 113-127

10 - Collapse of the traditional theory of meaning

pp 128-139

11 - Predicates: the first step in the development of an analytical conception of the meaning of sentences. The dispute between nominalists and conceptualists

pp 140-158

12 - The basic principle of analytical philosophy. The dispute continued. Predicates and quasi-predicates

pp 159-171

13 - The meaning of an expression and the circumstances of its use. Dispute with a behaviouristic conception

pp 172-185

14 - The employment-rule of an assertoric sentence. Argument with Grice and Searle

pp 186-200

15 - Positive account of the employment-rule of assertoric sentences in terms of the truth-relation

pp 201-215

16 - Supplements

pp 216-235

17 - ‘And’ and ‘or’

pp 236-252

18 - General sentences. Resumption of the problem of predicates

pp 253-266

19 - The mode of employment of predicates. Transition to singular terms

pp 267-279

20 - What is it for a sign to stand for an object? The traditional account

pp 280-293

21 - The function of singular terms

pp 294-306

22 - Russell and Strawson

pp 307-320